157. Why Believe?

Undeceptions with John Dickson

The 18th-century philosopher David Hume famously predicted that, as the world grew more rational and scientific, people would stop having supernatural encounters.

But that’s not what has played out.

We might live in a secular age, but we continue to have seemingly divine experiences.

Lots of people now describe themselves as “spiritual but not religious”, but taking that next step - that leap of faith - into a formal belief system might actually be more rational than not.

• (00:00) - - Intro
• (00:09) - - Modern miracles
• (05:14) - - Ross Douthat: Columnist and podcaster
• (06:28) - - The Decadent Society
• (11:29) - - Secular regrets
• (18:51) - - The Logos of creation
• (37:58) - - The Pathos of near-death experiences
• (44:24) - - Buff Dickson's near-death experience
• (49:51) - - More miracles
• (58:06) - - Join a religion - any religion!
• (01:09:20) - - The three problems with religion
• (01:16:28) - - Why believe in Jesus?

CREDITS

Undeceptions is hosted by John Dickson, produced by Kaley Payne and directed by Mark Hadley.

Alasdair Belling is a writer-researcher.

Siobhan McGuiness is our online librarian.

Lyndie Leviston remains John's wonderful assistant.

Santino Dimarco is Chief Finance and Operations Consultant.

Editing by Richard Hamwi.

Our voice actors today was Yannick Lawry.

Special thanks to our series sponsor Zondervan for making this Undeception possible.

Undeceptions is the flagship podcast of Undeceptions.com - letting the truth out.